Results for "Wildlife conservation"
- Smithsonian Legal Document
Joint Resolution To provide protection for the golden eagle
- Date: 1963 10/24/1962
- Creator: 87th Congress, Sess. 2., 1962
- Creator: 87th Congress, Sess. 2., 1962
- Blog Post
Folklife Festival 2011: Smithsonian-Peace Corps Environmental Program
- Date: July 7, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will be held from June 30 to July 4 and July 7 to 11, 2011 on the National Mall. Read more about the history of the Folklife Festival here. At the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year, the Peace Corps is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an Executive Order authorizing the Peace Corps to
Giant Pandas Arrive at National Zoo
- Date: December 6, 2000
- Creator: Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017
- Creator: Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 13-132, Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program, Environmental Education Program Records, 1983-2004
- Date: 1983 1983-2004
- Creator: Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Authority Record/EAC
Gabrielson, Ira Noel, 1889-1977
- Date: 1889 1987
- Smithsonian Legal Document
An Act To strengthen the penalties imposed for violations of the Bald Eagle Protection Act, and for other purposes
- Date: 1973 10/23/1972
- Creator: 92d Congress, Sess. 2, 1972
- Creator: 92d Congress, Sess. 2, 1972
Dr. JoGayle Howard holds black-footed ferrets conceived through artificial insemination
- Date: May 1, 1988
- Creator: Cohen, Jessie
- Creator: Cohen, Jessie
- Blog Post
“A Wildlife Paradise”: International Collaboration on the DMZ Ecology in the 1960s
- Date: November 12, 2019
- Description: The DMZ ecology project reveals the Smithsonian’s commitment to ecological research programs as well as the complexity and contingency of an international collaboration.
Mei Xiang Gives Birth to Twin Panda Cubs
- Date: 22 August 2015
Visitors Welcome Pandas to the NZP
- Date: December 6, 2000
- Creator: Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017
- Creator: Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017
- Blog Post
Protecting Wildlife in Our National Parks: William Temple Hornaday and the American Bison
- Date: August 17, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: August is National Parks Month, a time to celebrate the resources that have been preserved across the country for the public. In August of 1916, the US Congress created the National Park Service which today provides access to unparalleled natural beauty and treasured sites in American history.
- Blog Post
Ready-made Home for a Scimitar Horned Oryx and Przewalski’s Horse
- Date: June 25, 2015
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: When Dr. Ted Reed became director of the National Zoological Park in 1959, he committed himself to carrying out the zoo’s complete set of mandates that included research, education, and conservation of endangered species. All these came together in a new non-public facility, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, founded in 1975 in Front Royal, Virginia.
